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1916 New Catalogue for Spring 1916 
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DEAR FRIENDS— 
I send you greetings for the future and my best thanks for the past, and trust I may merit your 
good will in the future, as I have had evidences of it for many years in the past. I realize fully that my 
modest little catalogue comes in competition with the largest firms in the country. Small as my catalogue is, 
you will note it contains as complete a list of Flower Seeds as the largest. I give my undivided attention to 
my business. I have no other interests to distract my attention, and I do not delegate it to managers or super¬ 
intendents as so many larger houses do. 
Gardening, an occupation that so many think of so little moment, is to me divine; the mystery and 
wonder working of nature and the Creator are shown more fully in the development of the little seed than in 
any other way. We plant a seed and reap a wondrous plant. No occupation is so healthful, so elevating, so 
satisfying. Nature stands ready to heap our table with the most healthful of foods, to adorn our houses with 
the most beautiful of decorations. Food and proper environment shape the human race more than anything 
else. Meat eating alone tends strongly to savagery. I hope soon to see horticulture taught in every school 
in the land; I am so strongly impressed with the importance of this, that I firmly believe the fate of the 
Nation, and the happiness of its people, depends on their willingness to heed the cry, “ Back to Nature.” 
I am in no way whatsoever connected with any other seed or floral establishment doing business in Floral 
Fark. Sincerely yours, 
Floral Park, N. Y., Jan. i, 19x6 MARY E. MARTIN 
Seeds by Mail. We will send postpaid all Garden and Flower Seeds at the prices given in the follow¬ 
ing list, with the exception of heavy seeds, as Beans, Peas, Corn, and Grass Seeds. If you order these by mail, 
he sure to add 5 cents a pound to cover postage. 
When ordering, please write name and address plainly and do not xeave out any part of it that is 
necessary. 
I receive a number of orders every year that I am unable to forward, as some part or all of the address 
is omitted, and the postmark is often illegible. 
In remitting, a post-office order on Floral Park is a good plan, as in case of loss in the mail, the amount 
an be recovered; or by Express Money Order or Draft on New York or by Registered Letter. 
Discount on Seeds. —When you order 50c. worth you can select 10c. worth additional, and for a 
SI.00 order you can select 20c. worth additional. 
No discount on plants, bulbs or shrubs, the prices include Free Delivery at your Post Office or Express 
Office, except in a few cases where noted. 
Paper Flower Pots. 
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Here we offer 
Flower Pots made 
from Naponset 
Waterproof Fab¬ 
rics. They are vey 
light, durable, un¬ 
breakable, cheap, 
and of terra-cotta 
color. Just the pots 
for growing small 
plants and seedlings. 
Size, two and a quarter 
inches, 15c. per dozen ; 
per one hundred, 75c. 
Size, three inches, 30c. 
per dozen ; per one hun¬ 
dred, $1.25. 
Size, four inches, 35c. 
per dozen; per one hun¬ 
dred, $1.50. 
By mail, postpaid, at 
above prices, except in 
quantities over one dozen ; 
over one dozen, by express 
at buyer’s expense. 
, Food'F www* 
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PLANTS FOB OHS (US 
Bowker's Plant Food. 
This is a most useful fertilizer for 
all kinds of plants raised in pots. It 
produces a rapid and vigorous 
growth and an abundance of flowers. 
Odorless, takes the place of liquid 
manure. Drives insects out of the 
soil. Packet, containing food for 20 
plants for three months, 25c. Large 
package, containing sufficient plant 
food for one year, 40c. 
Each pkg. contains full directions. 
Tobacco Insecticide Soap. 
It is absolutely safe to handle and ' 
will not injure the tenderest growth 
of plants. It is used by dissolving in hot water at the 
rate of 1 oz. to 2 qts. of water. With this water the plants 
are sprinkled or sponged. One or two applications will 
exterminate any kind of insect. It is sure death to green 
or black fly (aphis), scale, mealy bug, red spider, etc. If 
used once or twice a month on plants they never will be 
troubled with insects. Sold in 7=oz. cans at 30c. each, and 
in 2-oz. packages at 12c. each, by mail, postpaid. 
